St Patrick’s Day can become political in a town such as Brussels.
Invitations to two Guinness-fuelled Irish receptions next week have been harder to come by than tickets to the sold-out CMAT gig in the Belgian capital on Monday, considered by many to be the unofficial start to the week of Paddy’s Day festivities.
Ireland’s permanent representation to the EU, which is more than twice the size of the Republic’s Embassies in London and Washington put together, is having its bash on March 17th. The following evening Fine Gael MEP Seán Kelly and business group Ibec are hosting one in the European Parliament, a tradition going back about 15 years.
The luckiest of those nursing…